Contents
Aboutthisguide ......................... 11
Intendedaudience..................................... 11
Gettinghelp ....................................... 11
Relateddocumentation................................... 11
Conventions ....................................... 11
Documentconventionsandsymbols ........................... 12
Textsymbols ..................................... 12
HPtechnicalsupport.................................... 12
HPsubscriber'schoice ................................. 13
HP-authorizedreseller ................................. 13
Otherhelpfulwebsites................................. 13
HPhardwaresupportservices.............................. 13
1 Installing and configuringtheserver ................ 15
Setupoverview ...................................... 15
Planningforinstallation................................. 15
Planning a network configuration ............................ 16
Configurationchecklist................................. 16
Installingtheserver .................................... 16
Locatingandwritingdowntheserialnumber........................ 16
Checkingkitcontents.................................. 17
Poweringontheserver................................. 17
Factoryimage..................................... 17
Physical configuration ............................... 17
Defaultbootsequence ............................... 18
AccessingtheHPStorageServerManagementconsole..................... 18
UsingtheDirectattachmethod ............................. 19
UsingtheRemotebrowsermethod ............................ 19
UsingtheRemotedesktopmethod ............................ 22
Loggingoffanddisconnecting.............................. 23
TelnetServer ..................................... 23
EnablingTelnetServer ............................... 23
UsingtheIntegratedLights-Out2method ......................... 23
Configuringtheserveronthenetwork ............................ 25
Beforeyoubegin ................................... 25
RunningtheRapidStartupWizard............................ 26
Completing system configuration............................... 26
2Storagemanagementoverview .................. 29
Storagemanagementelements ............................... 29
Storagemanagementexample.............................. 29
Physicalstorageelements................................ 30
Arrays...................................... 31
Faulttolerance .................................. 31
OnlineSpares................................... 32
Logicalstorageelements ................................ 32
Logicaldrives(LUNs)................................ 32
Partitions..................................... 33
Volumes ..................................... 33
Filesystemelements .................................. 34
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